Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Of course, if you're willing to use the same method this thing was created to slaughter humans, you can also gain power by transforming human souls."

"I wouldn't go to such lengths just to get a tumbler; I'm still quite interested in double jumps." Hayato tossed the red jewel in his hand. "But you seem to know about its origins?"

"Of course, who do you think I am?"

Bakura's face showed a hint of smugness: "I also remembered some of the method for making this thing when that ugly monster named Anubis got it from the being behind him, and I also know the true nature of this thing and how to use it."

"In other words, this thing is like a wish-granting machine. It can almost make your wishes come true. The only price is that you have to pay for something of equal value in advance to make your wish come true. Because it's an equal exchange, it's somewhat of a waste of money, which is why I'm not very interested in that thing."

"Equivalent exchange?" Hayato's expression turned slightly strange upon hearing this, as he was reminded of something.

Bakura, who was watching Hayato closely, naturally knew from Hayato's expression what he remembered: "That's right, 'the fifth element,' I remember that's what people outside call this thing, also known as 'the Philosopher' or 'red potion,' I feel that 'red potion' is more appropriate, after all, they are all red."

"Of course, it's more commonly known as the 'Philosopher's Stone'," Bakura said with a wicked grin. "I can tell you how to make it. It's actually quite simple: just kill enough people using a weapon made of orichalcum to reverse the green orichalcum's properties. But unfortunately, even if you have the courage to kill, orichalcum is practically extinct in this world, and there probably won't be another one..."

As they were talking, Bakura looked at the card Hayato took out from his waist and suddenly fell silent.

"Tch, if you had the Philosopher's Stone, you should have said so earlier. You're wasting my time."

Hayato took out the card of [Philosopher's Stone - Herrell] from the warehouse. Looking at the ruby ​​in the card picture, which was exactly the same as the sphere in his hand, he smiled and put it away. He raised his hand, which was gradually becoming transparent: "Actually, it was more of a waste of my time. After all, it looks like I have to leave too."

Unlike Yugi, Hayato entered the "Pyramid of Light" using his true form. Although he could stay a little longer than Yugi, who was kicked out directly, he would still be kicked out if he continued. If he was forcibly kicked out, Hayato would not be able to protect himself. He did not want to become a ghost or a cosmic male ghost for the time being.

As for the information Bakura provided, it wasn't a waste of time. Through Bakura's words, Hayato finally learned the answer to a question that had been troubling him in his previous life.

Several years later, in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, during the time when Jaden's story takes place, Jaden will meet transfer students from other Duel Academy branch schools in his third year of school. Among them is a student named Jim Claudel Cook, who lost his right eye when he was a child while saving his crocodile friend named Karen. However, he received a red eyeball called "Orichalcum Eye" from a stranger.

Many events occurred during that school year, causing Jaden to awaken the feminine side within him... He awakened the dark power within him and transformed into "King Jaden," almost becoming a different person. However, he later reverted to Jaden because another mercenary companion named "O'Brien" used Jim's "Eye of Orichalcos."

According to Bakura, the Philosopher's Stone is actually reversed Orichalcos, which explains why Jim's red Eye of Orichalcos turned Jaden back to normal at the cost of his life.

However, a new question arose. Bakura said that there was no more orchard, or "Orichalcos," in this world. So where did the person who gave Jim the "Eye of Orichalcos" when he was a child get the orchard, and how did they make it?

Hayato suppressed these doubts for the time being. He took a deep look at Bakura, who looked nothing like a "Great Evil God" and seemed more like a fat otaku who was having a blast after eating fried chicken, before disappearing from this world.

As Hayato left, Bakura yawned somewhat boredly: "Seriously, I'm all alone again. But, to even have the Philosopher's Stone, he's quite an impressive guy, Hayato Kobayashi."

"However, I am just a spare soul fragment of the main body left in the [Millennium Cone]. If anyone is going to worry about it, it is the main body outside that should worry about it. It is not my place at all."

Bakura, with his legs crossed, destroyed everything around him and returned to the Millennium Puzzle where he had been hiding.

Upon arriving at the Seahorse Dome, now destroyed like a bird's nest, Hayato didn't rush to greet Isis and Yugi, who had spotted him. Instead, he immediately began searching for something on the ground, which was littered with the rubble of the building.

He moved quickly and found a red jade that was very conspicuous even among a pile of debris in just a few seconds. It looked the same as the one Hayato had found before. However, when he tried to pick it up, he was a step too late.

A jet-black flame ignited on the red jade sphere that had fallen to the ground, and suddenly a brilliant red light burst forth. From within it, the voice of Anubis, whom the others believed to be dead, resounded:

"I was sealed away for thousands of years and forced to leave my homeland."

"How dare you provoke me again and again? You're courting death!"

Chapter 534 Let's Set Off Together, Anubis (6K)

"You're all courting death!"

The sphere that had rolled to the ground suddenly rose from the ground and floated in the air. A large amount of black sludge surged out of it like a tide, coalescing into a huge monster with blood-red eyes looking down at Hayato, Yugi, and the others on the ground.

The mud gradually changed shape, and the head of the giant monster slowly revealed itself to be the shape of a dog's head. Upon seeing this, Yugi, who had just returned to the real world and hadn't even had a chance to chat with Yami Yugi, suddenly remembered the illusion he had seen before: "Anubis!?"

"What? He's still alive? He's actually come back to life!"

Because of the return of the main game, he returned to the Millennium Puzzle. Upon hearing this, Yami Yugi was somewhat surprised, then his expression turned serious. "Since we couldn't defeat him the first time, let's try again. Let's make sure he can't be revived after defeating him."

"Aibo!"

"Oh, it's up to you now, my other self!"

Shimmering with golden light, the Millennium Puzzle swung a few times in front of Yugi's chest like a pendulum. Yugi's gaze, previously gentle, sharpened as he met Anubis's eyes and drew a card from the top of the Duel Disk: "Come forth, my most loyal servant! [Dark Magician—]"

"The dialogue is too long!" Just as the game was about to summon [Dark Magician], Anubis suddenly roared in a very unsportsmanlike manner, and a black storm was unleashed, pressing [Dark Magician], which was about to fly out of the card, back into the card. It even knocked all the cards that had not been drawn from the game's duel disk away.

Not only in the game, Hayato, who acted immediately, summoned [Dark Knight Gaia], but it was also knocked back into the card like [Dark Magician], and was also knocked away like [Rainbow Kuriboh] and [Disruption Yellow], which were not summoned in time.

"Mudamudamuda, those weak monsters don't even deserve to appear in front of me!"

The black mud on Anubis's mud wolf form gradually dried and became sharp, like the quills of a hedgehog. "This boring dueling ritual was just a game I played to pass the time from the beginning. I have no patience to waste time with you ants!"

"Even if my physical body and the 'Pyramid of Light' are destroyed, I am still Anubis!"

"I am the spirit of the dead, the king of the underworld. By killing the king of light and the king of darkness, I can also become the king of destruction and destroy this world!"

Anubis's body seemed to be constantly evolving over time. The dog head that looked rather pathetic just now not only grew a pair of fangs from its mouthful of sharp teeth, but also had sharp horns gradually growing on its head, making it look less and less like a normal creature whose prototype could be found on Earth.

As he spoke, Anubis opened his gaping maw, and blackish-purple flames emanated from his mouth, completely ignoring Hayato and spewing them towards Yugi and Kaiba!

Although Kaiba had moved a little distance earlier out of concern for Keibei, thus narrowly avoiding Anubis's earlier roar, seeing that the monster in front of him dared to attack him, he immediately drew three cards and slammed them onto his duel disk: "You weirdo, you're just spouting nonsense, but I won't just stand by and watch you defeat Yugi!"

"Brues tilts his head, Doragon!!"

Kaiba clearly hasn't realized that the duel in the game was actually over, and that the "giant wolf" Anubis standing before everyone wasn't a virtual projection but a real being. However, even if Kaiba, who is superstitious about science, told him the truth, he would most likely just continue to stubbornly stick to his own ideas and refuse to acknowledge the existence of the supernatural.

Even though Kaiba denied the supernatural, as he placed three cards on the Duel Disk without any supernatural items like the Millennium Item, three Blue-Eyes White Dragons actually appeared in front of him to block Anubis's attack, and they were even in a physical form!

Seeing the Blue-Eyes intercept Anubis's attack at close range, Yugi breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Kaiba, who walked up to him from a distance: "Thank you, Kaiba."

"Hmph, don't misunderstand. It's just that only I can defeat both you and Hayato Kobayashi." Kaiba said arrogantly with a straight face. "If someone else defeats you before I do, I won't be willing to let some random third-rate duelist climb over my shoulders."

Anubis, seeing his attack blocked by the seahorse while the seahorse leisurely chatted with Yugi, was furious: "Lord of Light, I should have killed you just now! How dare you get in my way! You're courting death! Do you think those weak dragons can stop me?!"

With that, another roar erupted, and the three materialized Blue-Eyes White Dragons suffered the same fate as Dark Magician and Gaia before them, being bounced back into the card.

Anubis's imposing aura once again dominated. As its body evolved, the spikes on its back gradually transformed into countless cannon barrels, within which powerful dark energy gathered, ready to be unleashed. Clearly, it intended to use some wide-area destructive attack to kill Kaiba and Yugi in one fell swoop!

But just as the smug Anubis was about to say something arrogant to show off his superiority, he suddenly heard a voice: "Fly, my golden wings!"

"!"

Anubis felt an intense heat, as if it could scorch the very air, rapidly approaching from behind him. With no time to defend himself, he was knocked to the ground by the giant firebird, looking utterly disheveled!

Holding the card of [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra] aloft, Hayato commanded [Ra] to press his advantage: "You knew I was there but didn't attack me immediately, you really underestimated me, Anubis. [Ra], use Super Ultimate Blaze Bullet!"

Rade the Winged Dragon, now in phoenix form, surged with flames and charged at Anubis, who had fallen and was unable to get up, pinning him to the ground once more.

"Hey! Hayato Kobayashi! It's you again!"

Anubis, of course, hadn't forgotten that Hayato had repeatedly caused him trouble. He was also partly responsible for the destruction of the Pyramid of Light. Now, he was settling old scores with new ones. During a break in the [Pull] attack, he suddenly got up from the ground and fired countless black energy bullets from the spiked cannons on his back at Hayato!

[Ra] did not intervene, but instead attacked Anubis again to limit his subsequent attacks. However, as the energy barrage was flying halfway, a dense barrage of lightning projectiles descended from the sky, intercepting each energy projectile and detonating it in mid-air.

"boom!"

A long red dragon appeared in the clouds. With Hayato's demonstration, Yugi naturally realized immediately that ordinary monsters could not participate in the battle against Anubis, but the gods were different.

"Hmph, summoning lightning, huh..." Kaiba glanced at the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] that Yugi had summoned, and drew his own card, not to be outdone. "Then you go too, [Obelisk]! God Fist Crusher!"

Following Ra, symbolizing heaven and earth, and Osiris, symbolizing good and evil, the blue giant god symbolizing light and darkness—Obelisk the Tormentor—also made his appearance. All three Egyptian Gods of the Trisolarans were now gathered, and Obelisk immediately unleashed a giant fist at Anubis, who was being suppressed by Ra!

However, just as the giant fist, carrying a powerful shockwave, was about to strike, Anubis suddenly extended a hand evolved from a claw, catching Obelisk's punch amidst the flames released by Ra!?

As a pair of giant wings gradually evolved behind him, Anubis's appearance became increasingly bizarre. Standing upright, he exerted force with his wrists and actually lifted the [Obelisk the Tormentor] off the ground and flung it into the air.

In mid-air, the Sky Dragon of Osiris was preparing its attack to deliver a devastating blow to Anubis, the creature that had absorbed it earlier. Just as the "Superconducting Wave Lightning Cannon" attack was ready to fire, Obelisk was unexpectedly flung towards it by Anubis and was hit squarely!

The attack He spoke of was also launched uncontrollably, but because it missed, it hit the Winged Dragon Ra, knocking it down from the sky and almost killing it!

The three Egyptian Gods have all fallen!

On the ground, Yugi helplessly covered his forehead. Hayato was right after all; the Sky Dragon of Osiris was indeed the traitor, a real traitor.

"Arrogant ants! Do you think a mere phantom beast can stand against me? Weak, weak, weak! I have extremely high resistance to these so-called 'gods'. They are just ants in front of me!"

As Anubis spoke, he grinned and raised his hand, clenching his five claws tightly. In front of him, a phantom pyramid appeared, instantly expanding and capturing and imprisoning all three Egyptian Gods who had failed to escape in time!

"[Ra]!" Hayato stared angrily at the triumphant giant monster as he watched [Ra's Winged Dragon] sealed inside the "Pyramid of Light," shouting, "Anubis!"

"Hmph, that expression of impotent rage really pleases me, Hayato Kobayashi." The sharp horns on his head gradually grew into a wild, giant axe. Anubis looked down at Hayato on the ground. "You, a troublesome elf, are now helpless. You can no longer get in my way, so just die along with the Lord of Light and the Lord of Darkness!"

As the axe blade crashed down from above, Anubis eagerly anticipated the horrific state Hayato and Yugi would be in before this attack, since it seemed impossible to stop this attack this time.

However, things backfired.

"Not a rage of impotence, but an invincible rage, Anubis!"

Anubis, who was slamming his head into the ground, was struck in the chin by a giant fist that suddenly appeared with Hayato's roar. The axe blade on his head failed to strike, and he was instead sent flying again.

"W-This is!" Anubis looked in Hayato's direction, and upon recognizing the entity that had attacked him, his pupils contracted. "[Phantom Demon Emperor - Labiell]!? Why is it in your hands!"

“Yes, why? I’m also looking for the answer.” Hayato took out two more cards and placed them on the Duel Disk, then walked towards Anubis step by step. “However, it’s not just [Rabiel]. Since you know [Phantom Emperor], you might as well meet these two monsters too!”

“Uria, and Hamon!”

Lightning and lava surged forth, and beside the towering [Phantom Demon Emperor - Rabiel], the figures of [Thunder Emperor - Hamon] and [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria] appeared.

Since the Egyptian Gods could not resist Anubis, Hayato simply summoned the Egyptian Demons!

The three demon gods, whose colors were the same as the Egyptian Gods but whose auras were completely opposite, were staring at him menacingly, and Anubis suddenly felt a little scared.

Thousands of years ago, the Egyptian Gods were created along with the Millennium Items through a dark alchemy that came at the cost of massacre. Anubis's abode, the Pyramid of Light, possesses power surpassing that of the seven Millennium Items, and consequently, it also has a strong ability to restrain the Egyptian Gods.

However, Anubis also knew that the Three Egyptian Gods were even more ancient beings than the Three Egyptian Gods. Although they were not as powerful as the Three Egyptian Gods, they possessed special powers. Anubis learned of their terrifying power from the "Millennium Magic Book," which recorded dark alchemy.

Anubis dared not gamble on whether Hayato could wield that power. He wanted to back down, but felt he couldn't afford to lose in terms of momentum.

"No, I have to admit, you do have some strength that makes me take you seriously, Hayato Kobayashi." The monster Anubis said stubbornly, "You suddenly make me feel that humans are really interesting. I've decided not to destroy the world. I'll let you go today."

As Anubis was about to take flight and escape, [Phantom Emperor - Rabiel] was faster. With a roar of "Ora!", Rabiel grabbed Anubis's tail and pulled him back down to the ground just as he was about to take flight.

This made Anubis lose face, but he also discovered that he no longer had the same restraint over the Egyptian Gods and couldn't even defeat the Egyptian Demons, who were weaker than the Egyptian Gods. He could only bluff at Hayato: "Kobayashi Hayato! Do you know that you have to fight me to the death!"

"Do you know that if I attack with all my might, I can easily kill you!"

"I don't know, I haven't thought about that at all." Hayato commanded the other two phantoms to surround Anubis in a triangular formation. "But do you think you can just run away whenever you want? Ask yourself honestly, is there such a good thing in the world?"

"Use the Three Phantom Demons to cut off your dog's head! Go, [Rabiel], [Hamon], [Uria]!"

Having evolved for so long, Anubis has not only changed in appearance, but its size has also been increasing, gradually becoming taller than the seahorse egg and able to stick its head out to see the outside world.

However, even after evolving to this extent, Anubis sadly discovered that he still couldn't defeat any of the three Phantom Demons. Whether it was Rabiel's punches, Hamon's manipulation of ice and electricity, or Uria's lava, he was being beaten like a punching bag and had no power to fight back!

Even more terrifying, Anubis discovered that the dark power that constituted his body was being gradually absorbed by the three Phantom Demons who were attacking him!

If this continues, I'll be drained dry before I'm even killed. The ability of the Three Phantom Demons to "absorb the power of all the elves in the world," as recorded in the "Millennium Magic Book," is indeed true!

No, if this continues, I'll definitely go insane and die. Use my quick mind, think of a way to escape!

Having dodged Rabiel's punch, Anubis was struck by an ice blade fired by Hamon, which severed a portion of the mud that made up his body. Before he could reclaim that part, he was engulfed by Uria's lava. Looking at the three menacing Phantom Demons before him, Anubis had a bold idea—if the record of absorbing power was true, perhaps the record of another ability was also true...